Tuesday, June 05, 2007

woots. i am back from cambodia!!

i shall say about my trip in cambodia luh.

29may> reached there at around 10plus, for their time is 9plus. had a tour guide with us, named sp. went to our hotel have breakfast and to check in. and our room no was 306. quite nice luh. though not as big as jerene's one but still okay luh. went for a city tour after that. went to their central market to buy some cheap stuffs. and it was really cheap!!!! anyway, went ot have lunch at this nice nice restaurant. super cool luh. after which went somewhere else. then to the school. the school is in quite a bad condition. flies everywhere. rubbish here and there. kinda dirty. honestly, felt like puking when first step into the school. i was like omg! anyway, then went for dinner at dont know which restaurant. had devotion and debrief then went to sleep.

30may> woke up at 530am(their time). went down from breakfast. went to the school to start work. being split into two groups, painting and digging. for painting, had to sand off all the dust on the wall before starting. super dusty luh. hair become so rough and dry. had lunch at this shop at the village. saw all the flies flying around the food, on the food. and i was like eeewww. i dont want eat there. so disgusting luh. anyway still had lunch. went back to work until 4pm. then had cambodian language lesson until 5pm.

chum reap suo- how do you do?

teu nak sok sab bay te- how are you?

or kun- thanks!

khnhom lea sin hi- i would like to say goodbye.

hob bay hi nor- have you eaten yet?

teu vea thlay pon marn- how much is it?

som tos- sorry!

we also learnt the numbers in cambodian language. kinda cool luh. but we were very tired so not really paying attention lorh. went back to bathe and went for dinner. again devotion and then it is bedtime.

31may> was feeling very sick in the morning. had tummyache. got diarrhea. so stay in the hotel and never go and help with the painting and digging in school. from the teachers, around 24 people down luh. only 13 still fit and strong lorh. terrible man. all thanks to the food there. anyway, lunch and dinner is porridge. eat until sian luh.

01june> much better and went to the school. work only half a day. but kept resting. went back hotel early. rest then have lunch. but no appetite cuz see the food, everyday the same old food. so stay inside room. went to have dinner at this authentic french restaurant. how authentic it can be? when they actually serve fried spring roll, tom yam soup, fried rice?? woah. authentic??

02june> took a bus early in the morning and set off to siem reap. 5-6 hours of bus trip. so boring. sp was like kept telling us about the history of cambodia. sian. and everywhere we go, can see cow, goat, pig everywhere luh. so cool. haha. went to have lunch first at this restaurant with super duper long table. mikhail, aaron, clinton kept teasing the waiter who has his bow tie crooked. super evil luh. went to HOTEL ANGKOR HOLIDAY and checked in. room no 3334. it is at the corner. super cool. got living room lah. and a very cute teddy bear mat. as big as mr wong's one. but ours nicer. got 2 tv, two more sofa, CUTER TEDDY BEAR MAT. hahaha. went to angkor wat. had to walk very long luh. super tired lorh. but the scenery was quite not bad luh. went shopping then. didnt bring enough money. all was in the luggage. bloody hell. but bought some souveniers for relatives luh. and mahathir bought a nice nice handbag for his sister luh. so ncie of him. lol. went back hotel and have two whole hours of bathing time. woots. went to have dinner at this nice nice restaurant where got show somemore luh. cool. and the food serve there was so much better than the rest luh. took picture with sp then went back hotel. had debrief and devotion at mr wong's room. then slept until 5am then got wakeup call.

03june> came back singapore at around 11plus. reached home and slept throughout. was really very tired.

the monkey at the entrance of angkor wat.

the students at the school we helped at.

they are really a bunch of cute students.

a nice scenery of a sunset.

these three are the people who made my trip there interesting and fun.

a sign that is everywhere at angkor wat.

finally, cambodia 2007!! in front of the royal palace.

shall post up more pictures other time.

I just think of you ♥, 2:14 AM.